Food Industry Trends to Get Some Inspiration From

We have seen Finance, Banking, Healthcare, Education, and
Entertainment industries to benefit from their cooperation with the IT
sector. Today, the Food industry is on the rise. A decade or two ago, we
did not imagine having a consumer demand for things like local and organic
food delivery, food logistics transparency, and waste from grocery products
relief. Thus, investors see the Food industry as a new bonanza, and
invest billions in food services start-ups.

According to
Business Insider
, 72% of US population use smartphones, the gadgets are widely spread in
Canada, UK, and Australia: 67%, 68%, and 77% respectively. A research from
China Daily
US edition reports about 40% of respondents make reservations via online
platforms, and 80% prefer not to use cash to pay bills.

We have prepared a few amazing Food industry trends for you to get inspired
and to get some ideas on the development of your own mobile app.

Delivering Restaurant Food

As term-coined by R.Metcalfe in his
TechCrunch
article, the Food industry has been having its ‘Uber moment’ since 2015. UberEATS, an
application for rendering food delivery services, is now available in 80
cities around the world, serving in over 40 cities in North America.

Waste Reduction & Hunger Relief

MealConnect
, a technology platform
launched in 2017
, aims to bring hunger relief by connecting donors, surplus food suppliers,
and food banks with their partners. The food waste gets reduced, and
companies that provide donations can also benefit from the tax reduction.

Monitoring the Ethics of Product Origin

Where does the coffee come from? For those who are interested, there is an
interesting solution – bext360.
Designed to track a supply chain of coffee brands, it also answers the
question whether the aroma drink of your choice has been ethically sourced;
whereas, the ethical classification is based on the fair-price paid to the
local communities that harvest and brew the product.

Tracking Food Logistics

Arc-net
, another food tracking platform, monitors the logistics of the food you
buy, the supply chain transparency and brand security achieved. They say,
the goal that has triggered the platform development is to protect current
and future generations’ health. Advantageous for companies delivering
quality products, the solution applies big data analysis to introduce
confidence in food supply chains.

Food Quality Inspection

Lotpath Inspector
, a mobile app for performing food inspections, has been created to equip
retail managers to choose the best harvest and save buying costs
correspondingly. Designed mostly for retail buying processes support, the
app has both out-of-the-box inspection scenarios and custom ones. The app
equips the inspections’ staff with relevant photos checking / sharing
option, promoting the Food industry quality maintenance.

Product Ingredients Analysis

Clear Labs
is bringing together the genomic analysis and big data tools to the Food
industry by analyzing food at the molecular level. The platform provides
better food ingredients’ transparency, including the availability of tests
on GMO and pathogens. With the threats hiding at the molecular level
minimized, the app is supposed to improve the quality of food and promote a
healthy lifestyle.

Intermediary Services Provider

The Food industry demand to keep in touch with the IT sector has been
noticed by the Mixing Bowl. A
project was developed back in 2013 to connect people who produce food with
the ones who engineer tech solutions. Forums, advisory services and funding
activities are the key instruments of the Mixing Bowl on their way to
stimulate the adoption of IT innovation in the Food and agriculture
industries.

Before You Go

Life is rapidly changing and the Food industry is evolving along the modern
world digitalization. It’s astonishing how many food-related activities we
do now via mobile applications, starting from ordering restaurant food up
to researching the ethics of food production. The Food industry is the new
black for start-ups, so don’t lose the opportunity to break into a market
with the life changing idea.